Below are the results of our weekly shorebird/gull survey conducted at
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on Thurs May 3, 2012. All water areas
(impoundments and beach areas) were covered in a 7-1/2 hour survey. All
individuals are counted for the target species; other birds heard on the survey
are X'ed. The vast majority of shorebirds are in areas accessible to the public
(Wildlife Loop, and water areas along Beach Road).
Joelle Buffa and Clyde Morris
Canada Goose X
Gadwall X
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Blue-winged Teal X
Green-winged Teal X
Common Loon 1
Northern Gannet 4
Double-crested Cormorant 76
Brown Pelican 7
Great Blue Heron X
Great Egret X
Snowy Egret X
Little Blue Heron X
Tricolored Heron X
Cattle Egret X
Green Heron X
Glossy Ibis X
Black Vulture X
Turkey Vulture X
Osprey X
Bald Eagle X
Clapper Rail X
Black-bellied Plover 62
Semipalmated Plover 1,460
Piping Plover 12
Killdeer 1
American Oystercatcher 16
American Avocet X
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 52
Willet 16
Lesser Yellowlegs 173
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 20
Whimbrel 159
Marbled Godwit 15
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 580
Semipalmated Sandpiper 49
Least Sandpiper 242
Dunlin 4,542
Stilt Sandpiper 14
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 274
Laughing Gull 26
Ring-billed Gull 55
Herring Gull 318
Lesser Black-backed Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 46
Least Tern 10
Gull-billed Tern 7
Common Tern 3
Forster's Tern 101
Royal Tern 2
Mourning Dove X
Belted Kingfisher X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Great Crested Flycatcher X
Eastern Kingbird X
American Crow X
Fish Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Tufted Titmouse X
House Wren X
Marsh Wren X
Eastern Bluebird X
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird X
Brown Thrasher X
European Starling X
Common Yellowthroat X
Pine Warbler X
Yellow-throated Warbler X
Prairie Warbler X
Eastern Towhee X
Chipping Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Blue Grosbeak X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Eastern Meadowlark X
Common Grackle X
Boat-tailed Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Orchard Oriole X
